Many smallholder farmers in the parched Marathwada and Western Maharashtra regions in India swear by a five-point program that has transformed their lives and brought smiles to their lips. The HOPE project’s five-point package of practices consisting of in-situ moisture conservation, use of improved cultivars, …

Fodder shortages prevent many of the poorest farmers in rural Maharashtra, India from building better livelihoods, especially during droughts. Growing dual-purpose postrainy season sorghum in the State has recently provided smallholder farmers with higher grain yields and better fodder quantity and quality, helping mitigate fodder …

Smallholder farmers are often constrained by the lack of access to seeds of improved crops and varieties. This is one of the biggest constraints to technology utilization, especially to smallholder farmers. Hence finding ways of supporting reliable seed systems is pivotal in increasing agricultural productivity …

ICRISAT-HOPE has become reality for 25,000 farmers in dryland Marathwada and Western Maharashtra regions of the state of Maharashtra, known as the ‘Sorghum Bowl of India’. Initial assessments indicate that their grain yields rose by 40% and fodder yields by 20% on average over the …

It has been a fruitful year for 25,000 sorghum farmers in the Western and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra State in India, thanks to interventions from the ICRISAT-HOPE project that have helped them realize more than 40% higher grain yield and over 20% higher fodder yield. …